We filled every inch of before and after Thanksgiving with some pretty great family togetherness, but that scarcely touched on the extended family togetherness for Thanksgiving itself. Because this happened: And this happened too: And as I sat in the midst of all that Thanksgiving wonder and chaos, I marveled that I get to be…
We got our kids home for Thanksgiving in phases. We always love to fill up the house again, especially so quickly after we had to let our missionary girl Claire go. Oh we sure thought about that girl in her new Australian home, and prayed for and missed her so much! I must say for…
Each year the turkey trot gets a little bigger. This year we were up to 4,800 signed up as runners (this means so many more as observers and families supporting each other). I was able to slow down somehow a little more this year and just take it all in: The happy families gathering, the…
After a Thanksgiving filled up to the brim with a packed Turkey Trot (it was my favorite yet, so much to come back to report soon), a packed house (so many people I love), packed with food and activities and so much love, I lay in bed last night, exhausted, Dave exhausted already sleeping beside…
Come join us at the Gilbert Turkey Trot!! This is our 12th year at this sucker and every year is a new adventure. Sure, so much stays the same, but SO much changes: New traffic patterns to deal with, new sponsors to find, meetings with the town of Gilbert, so many details with the start…
It was a jam-packed Thanksgiving day, so bear with me on all these pictures to remember it all! You see, when you decide to have a sealing the day after Thanksgiving, people come. And you squish in a lot of things in a short amount of time because those days of gathering are just as…
I posted about one thing I’m thankful for each day last week leading up to Thanksgiving (see insta pictures on the header up there). And we filled our tree up to the brim with gratitude. We lived up those days of Thanksgiving with all our might (it may take me a while to recover from…
I’m doing a “Thanksgiving Tree tutorial” over on Seasons of Renewal on Instagram (HERE). If you haven’t heard of that platform, go check it out, it is so good! They have all kinds of tips, motherhood ideas and tutorials, and I have been buoyed in my mothering over there many times! Traditions are like glue…
So I know Thanksgiving is ancient history by now, but for record’s sake, here’s the low-down of how our weekend went. One of my favorite moments was the happy reunion of Lu and Elle when I brought her home early in the morning from her red-eye flight (we stopped for an early breakfast, just the…